The Department of Homeland Security had informed a US court in March that it was working to issue a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in June this year. Indian women spouses of H-1B visa holders have been beneficiaries of this provision which the Trump administration now wants to reverse.

The US on Wednesday announced the suspension of premium processing of all H-1B visa petitions for fiscal year 2019. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said the temporary suspension would help reduce the “overall H-1B visa processing time”. The H-1B petition filing is for the fiscal year 2019 beginning October 1, 2018. “We will …

The futures and options derivatives series for March rolled out on a bullish note on Friday with market participants displaying buying interest across all segments, including selective upticks in IT segment after US President Donald Trump again tweaked H-1B visa norms. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index of Bombay Stock exchange recaptured the 34,000 level and the …

In a move that is likely to hit Indian IT firms and their employees, the Trump administration has announced a new measure that makes it tougher to issue H-1B visas to those to be employed at one or more third-party worksites. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) published a policy memorandum on Thursday saying …

The execution date of the first death-row Indian-American prisoner convicted of killing a baby and her Indian grandmother has been set for next month. Raghunandan Yandamuri, 32, in 2014 was given death penalty for kidnapping and killing a 61-year-old elderly Indian woman and her 10-month grand-daughter. It was seen as part of a botched kidnapping-for-ransom …

Asserting that H-1B visa holders drive innovation and help build and strengthen the American economy, top US lawmakers on Tuesday backed the Trump administration’s decision that it was not considering any proposal which would force such people to leave the country. “H-1B visa holders, many of whom become small business owners and job creators, drive …

In a relief for Indian techies, US authorities on Tuesday said that the Trump administration is not considering any proposal that would force H-1B visa holders to leave the country. The announcement by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) came days after reports emerged that the Trump administration was considering tightening H-1B visa rules …

A group of more than 100 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas today knocked on the doors of US lawmakers to get the country-specific quotas for permanent residency removed, saying the limitation resulted in massive green card backlogs for them. Every year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) receives about 100,000 green card applications …

A senior US official on Thursday sought to allay India’s concerns on the H-1B visa programme, which is being “reviewed” by the Trump administration, saying there are no “restrictions” in place. The official said around 70 per cent of the visas issued under the H-1B category over the past nine months have gone to Indians …

The US has announced resuming faster processing of H-1B work visas, popular with Indian techies, for high skilled foreign professionals in categories exempt from Congress-mandated limit, which are mostly for higher education and scientific research institutions. The H1-B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that …

The H-1B visa issue that was looming on the Indo-US relationship in the run up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden meeting with President Donald Trump did not figure in the talks between the two leaders. With the Trump administration undertaking a review of the H-1B visa, the most sought-after by Indian IT professionals, the …

Top seven Indian-based outsourcing companies in the US received fewer H-1B visas in 2016 as compared to 2015, and as a group their numbers dropped 37 per cent, according to a new report. The companies experienced a drop of 5,436 approved petitions (37 per cent) in 2016 as compared to previous year, a report by …